A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
26 September 2024
SECOND, New York, USA
Climate Week NYC
26 October 2024
MUSEO - Museo La Tertulia,
Cali, Colombia
alongside UNCBD COP16​
Fireside Chat
13:30 - 13:55
Water Narratives: Merging Voices for Sustainable Water Management
With a focus on the role of water stewardship in biodiversity health, this session brought together indigenous knowledge, business innovations, and policy frameworks to spotlight the inclusive methods of nature restoration and climate adaptation. How can traditional knowledge complement scientific understanding and inform effective water management strategies? How do these strategies promote social equity and strengthen community resilience to climate-related water risks?
Moderator
Laurene Aubert
International Nature Markets Lead, Green Finance Institute
Speaker
Mike Nemeth
Manager, Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability, Nutrien
Speaker
Atossa Soltani
Director of Global Strategy, Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance